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Contract Research

The H&A’s research output spans three decades of work. Projects have been carried out for all major organizations such as the United Nations, the European Commission, the World Bank, various governments around the world, multinationals and private firms.

For a representative listing of projects see below
   

Representative Projects

Consultancy Services for an Assessment of the Degree of Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Major Ports and their Respective Hinterland and the Port–city Interface in Eastern and Southern Africa. Haralambides & Associates, advisor (staff) to the World Bank on project execution and overall quality assurance, from project inception to final delivery (2017-2018). Main contractors: MTBS.

Study on the Prospects of the Port Training Institute (IFP). Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP – National Ports Agency), Morocco. Main contractors: Roland Berger (2018)

Liner Shipping, Containerization, and the Container Leasing Market. Project commissioned by Davenport Laroche.

TEN-ECOPORT: Transnational ENhancement of ECOPORT8 network. Programme: South East Europe (SEE). Priority axis: Protection and Improvement of the Environment. Area of Intervention: Improve prevention of environmental risks.

ACCSEL: Accessibility Control on Sea Lines. European Union Territorial Cooperation Programme “Greece – Italy (2007-2013). Priority axis 2: Improve accessibility to sustainable networks and services. Specific objective 2.2: Improvement of transport, information and communication networks and services.

GIFT 2.0: Greece – Italy Facilities for Transport. European Union Territorial Cooperation Programme “Greece – Italy (2007-2013). Priority axis 2: Improve accessibility to sustainable networks and services. Specific objective 2.2: Improvement of transport, information and communication networks and services.

GUIDEPORT: European Union Territorial Cooperation Programme “Greece – Italy (2007-2013). Priority axis 2: Improve accessibility to sustainable networks and services. Specific objective 2.2: Improvement of transport, information and communication networks and services.

SMART TUNNEL: Smart mobility and last-mile logistics: Integrated Interventions in favour of the Information Society. National Research and Competitiveness Programme 2007-2013 on the Economic Convergence of the Regions of Campania; Apulia; Calabria; Sicilia.

Identifying Economic Conditions for a Regional Logistics Hub in Northern Tanzania. The World Bank, Contract No 7147799/2008.

Product Bundling in the Liner and Logistics Business. Center for Maritime Economics and Logistics and Singapore Management University. Project commissioned by the NOL Fellowship Foundation, Singapore.

Public Financing and Charging of Seaports in the EU. European Commission, TREN/04/MD/ETU/S07.38639 (MEL responsible for: Netherlands; Sweden; Cyprus; Latvia; Estonia; Lithuania).

Survey on Terminal Handling Charges and Currency and Bunker Adjustment Factors. Project commissioned by the European Liner Affairs Association, Brussels, Belgium.

Irish Short Sea Shipping Inter-European Trade Corridors. Irish Maritime Development Office (in cooperation with Logistecon Economic and Management Consultants and ECORYS).

Consultation Paper on the Review of Council Regulation 4056/86 (Liner Conferences). European Commission Competition Directorate General, Contract No COMP/2002/16/SI2.346635.

SETHAM: Study and Development of a Decision Support System for the Management of Coastal Shipping in Greece. Project commissioned by the Greek Ministry of Merchant Marine, Ministry of the Aegean and Ministry of Development, financed by the National Development Bank of Greece (ETBA). (*Chairman of the Academic Expert Group).

ATENCO: Analysis of the Cost Structure of the Main TEN Ports. European Commission, DGVII, Fourth Framework Research Programme, February 1999, pp. 61. (* Chairman of the Academic Expert Group)

Study for the Institutional and Operational Modernisation of the Port of Piraeus Authority. University of Piraeus.

EU-India Maritime Transport: EC/IFC Regional Technical Assistance Facility for Economic Cooperation with Asia. Pilot Projects in India II: MARTRANS Workshops. European Commission.

On Forward Linkages and Input-Output Table Reconstruction. Methodological part of the European Economic Impact Study for the European Shipping Sector. EU 4th Framework Research Programme.

Dynamiek in de Organisatie van Zeehavens: Enkele Achtergronden bij Samenwerking tussen Havens en Verzelfstandiging van het Havenbeheer. Technum ESEG.

Empirical Estimation of Goods Imported through the Major European Gateways. DG-XIX, European Commission, Contract No. XIX/B1/9603.

Ports in the Framework of the EU Transport Policy. Report submitted to the European Commission in the context of its preparation of the ‘Green Paper on Ports and Maritime Infrastructure’.

Ports and Regional Development in Europe: A historical Perspective. Report submitted to the European Commission in the context of its preparation of the ‘Green Paper on Ports and Maritime Infrastructure’.

Social and Labour Consequences Caused by Structural Adjustment Programmes in the Port Industry in the Asian and Pacific Region. United Nations Transport and Communications Decade for Asia and the Pacific, Project RAS/93/033, International Labour Organisation, Geneva, 162 pp + 50 pp (appendices).

Social and Labour Effects of Structural Adjustment in the Port Industry of Selected Asian and Pacific Countries. Report of the ILO Regional Seminar, Pattaya, Thailand, ISBN 92-2-109843-5, pp.143.

Social and Labour Effects of Structural Adjustment Programmes in the World Port Industry. International Labour Organisation, Geneva, 100 pp.

Some Reflections on Europe’s Maritime Policy. Report submitted to the European Commission in the context of the deliberations of Commissioner Kinnock’s Core Group on Maritime Transport, Brussels, pp. 1-25.

Economic Impact Analysis for the Shipping Sector (methodological part of the EU 4th Framework Research Programme: “European Economic Impact Study for the European Shipping Sector”).

Social and Labour Problems Caused by Structural Adjustments in the Port Industry. International Labour Organisation, Sectoral Activities Programme, TMPI/1996, ISBN 92-2-109793-5, pp. 56 (In English, French and Spanish), ILO, Geneva

Shipping and Economic Development: An Economic Analysis of Shipping Income and Profits. Project commissioned by the Ministry of National Economy of Greece, in the context of the Five Year Plan for Economic and Social Development.

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